preventive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A thing that prevents, hinders, or acts as an obstacle to. dated
    — Dogs should be warmly but airily housed; heartily, but not heatingly, fed — old Indian meal, mixed with oatmeal, suppawn, is the best general food, with a small quantity of salt, which is a preventive against worms […]
  2. A thing that slows the development of an illness. dated
    — A good preventive against heart disease is a healthy lifestyle.
  3. A contraceptive, especially a condom.
形容词 adj.
  1. Preventing, hindering, or acting as an obstacle to.
    — ...and I sometimes think whether, like the ancient king, it would not be prudent to make an offering to destiny, and throw my set of emeralds into the lake." Emily could not but deprecate the emeralds being destined to any such preventive service;...
  2. Carried out to deter military aggression.
  3. Slowing the development of an illness; prophylactic.
    — Physick is either curative or preventive.
  4. Going before; preceding. obsolete
    — Any previous counsel or preventive understanding.

词形变化

more preventive comparative most preventive superlative preventative alternative preventives plural preventative alternative

词汇关系

近义词
prophylactic
衍生词
angiopreventive chemopreventive immunopreventive nonpreventive pathopreventive preventive healthcare preventively preventive medicine preventiveness preventive service preventive war preventivist renopreventive unpreventive

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from New Latin praeventīvus. Equivalent to prevent + -ive.
词源 2
Borrowed from New Latin praeventīvus. Equivalent to prevent + -ive.
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